Switch point protector



March 8, 1932. w, 5, LEE 1,848,363

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Patented Mar. .8, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WELLINGTON B. LEE,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

swrrcn romr rnornc'ron This invention relates to railroad switch point protectors, and has for one of its objects the provision of a protector which 1s of improved construction in that not only is the 3 switch point adequately protected but the jolts or jars to the rolling stock incident to the use of prior structures will be substantially reduced.

More specifically the present construction provides a switch point protector adapted to be secured directly to the switchpoint 1nstead of to the stock rail, thereby eliminating derailments likely to occur due to the loosening or breaking of a bolt where the protector is attached to the stock rail and constantly subjected to the shock of rolhng stock passing over it. I

The present invention also provides a construction in which the protector is provided with a slant or bevel on the flange side of the device, whereby the flange of the wheels of the rolling stock will trail smoothly out of the switch.

Still more specifically the present invention provides a protector which is so constructed as to enable the protector to extend beyond and in front of the switch point without overlying the same, which construction While affording full protection to the switch point will at the same time lessen the impact on the point as the rolling stock passes onto the switch.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of my invention in perspective;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my protector comprises a body portion 1 adapted to be bolted directly to the switch point 2, this body portion extending toward and slightly beyond the end of the switch point, where it is provided with an offset 3, extending toward the rail 4, to bring the head 5 of the protector in front of but not in overlying or overlapping, positionwith respect to the switch point.

Toease the shockto rolling stock passing over the switch point and to facilitate tracking of the wheels of the rolling stock, the

upper face of the head 5 is beveled asshown 1 at 6, the bevel sloping toward the body portion of the protector, while the side of the head slopes or is tapered rearwardly toward the switch point as shown at 7 As clearly shown in Fig. 1 the head 6 not only lies in advance of the switch point, but also is in line with, or ashigh as, the point so that there. will be no shock imparted to the point as the rolling stock passes onto the same.

It will be seen from the foregoing, therefore, that my protector by being secured to the pointy directly enables rolling stock passing over the stock rail to clear the protector entirely, thereby eliminating breaking or loosening'of the securing bolts and eliminat+ switch lVhat I claim is 1. A switch point protector for direct attachment to a switch point and comprising in combination a body portion and a head, the protector being oilset intermediate its ends to bring the head in advance of and in line with the end of the switch point, the

flange side of the head sloping rearwardly to ease the passage of rolling stock out of the switch.

2. A switch point protector comp-rising a body portion for attachment directly to the flange side of a switch point, a head, an oflset in the protector intermediate its ends for bringing the head in front of and in line with the switch point, the top of said head sloping downwardly and the flange side of the head sloping inwardly.

This specification signed this 17th day of February,1930.

'WELLINGTON B. LEE. 

